Augustine A. Boakye, Ph.D., President | Essex County College
Augustine A. Boakye, Ph.D., President | Essex County College
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $18,368,254, with women’s teams receiving $6,428,119.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Essex County have grown 71%.
Basketball is one of the most popular sports played at U.S. colleges, as well as football. NCAA basketball teams are often as popular as NBA teams, and offer a different experience for fans.
In 2022, after a decades-long fight, student-athletes nationwide gained the right to profit from their names, likenesses, and images as a result of a flurry of new state laws and an NCAA policy change.
The basketball fund received around 168.57 million dollars from NCAA revenue in 2020–21.
| Year | Basketball team's expenditures | % from grand total sport team expenditures | Total Sport Team Expenditures |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $6,428,119 | 10.9% | $58,850,924 |
| 2022 | $6,360,785 | 11.4% | $56,007,348 |
| 2021 | $5,041,099 | 11.1% | $45,360,519 |
| 2020 | $5,363,485 | 10.7% | $50,289,222 |
| 2019 | $5,528,090 | 10.8% | $51,240,859 |
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